According to Dickens's description, Scrooge is cold through and through. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. Dickens uses pathetic fallacy to represent Scrooge's nature. ... Scrooge is stingy with his money and will not even allow his clerk Bob Cratchit to have a decent fire to warm him on Christmas Eve
Ana is the simple subject.
subject predicate
My sister's friend Ana/plays soccer.
I believe it is to add sensory words to appeal to the reader and make it more interesting. I hope this helps!